Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-11-02

your minds as to how you will vote.
We will bring up for your final eonsid-
Grafton ticket composed of exception
ally good men.
For sheriff we would present George
W. Stevens. man who came To this
county three years ago. and who is now
a farmer and land owner in the coun-
ty; who has family here, and who has
Deen the direct means of bringing to
the county no less than one hundred
good citizens. lie filled the Office of
sheriff prior to coming here, and gave
entire satisfaction. lie is PLAIN, mat
ter-Of-fact, everyday man; one who
has no enemies TO punish in the present
canvass; a man who, when he has con-
yictions on any subject. is not afraid TO
express them, and who, once a friend
Is always friend. lie is honest, faith
ful and competent; and if elected sher-
III, as he will undoubtedly be, the coun-
~ will have reason To be proud of his
record. Every indication points to his
success. Judge Stevens is the present
under-sherih of tile county, and his
principal. Sheriff Nelson, does not hes
tate to say that he is the best man that
eyer held the position. Then, we would
ask al good citizens to consider well
, the claims of this gentleman before
casting a vote against him.
For register OF deeds James Z. Hall
| IL n sunIfNafn He hn fal. HIIaI
the office for nearly two years, and no
one can say that he has not been an
honest, upright, painstaking and obi
ging officer. lie has brought order out
of chaos in the most important Office in
| the county. lie has corrected hundreds
! Of errors made by his inefficient prede-
cessors. lie has treated with uniform
kindness everyone who has had bust
ness with him. lie has no pets, 10 ia
vorites, but treats rich and poor alike.
! tie has materially reduced the fees for
recording instruments. lie has at all
times been i'm the office, giving his per-
sOnal and undivided attention to the
work he was elected to do. What more
could be asked of an officer? 1t is a
custom in this county, we believe, to
| give every officer who has given COM
plete satisfaction in office, a second
term, and if this is the custom, Mr.. Hall
deserves 10 be remembered. No man
/ could have made better officer, and
! there is no use for change now. From
the time j. =. Hall started out in life
rs pony expressman across what was
/ then the great American desert; during
the time he was stage-driver in the
mountains while he was farmer in
Nevada; during his days Of farming
and stock raisingi in Barber county, and
during his two years in office, he has
ever been the same generous, warm
hearted gentleman. Vote for Hall.
For county treasurer Jas. F. Bryson.
Of Kiowa. is the man we would recon-
mend to the voters. lie is a plain, I'M
assuming gentleman in all that the
word implies. He has lived at KiOwa
for three years. Prior to his location
in this comfy lie was engaged in cattle
raising in Texas. Tic is about SO years
old. is married, and has a family. He
is prudent and trustworthy business
man not given to speculation, and a.
county. treasurer he would be an &C
commOdating and careful officer. He
Is an educated man, and has had charge
of vast property interests in his day
aud not a dollar that did not belong e
him, has ever stuck to his fingers. III,
can give any bond necessary without
resorting to bank influence. This fac
alone will be worth hundreds of vote!
for Jas. I. BrysOn. \ vote ior him vii
not be thrown away.
For county clerk we can name M
better man than Ambrose Allen. True
he is poor, and he IS mechanic, and i:
not gifted with any poetic fancies MOI
does he write graceful spenceriar
hand nor is he a shrewd politician
against whom IL were a sin to make 3
race but Just the same he is honest
competent, and q democrat. lie came
here six years ago, ana worked at HI:
trade he married here, and is raising
his family here. lie needs the office
and if he is elected, will give it hi:
whole time and attention. Am. Allen
never forgets a friend, and If the good
people of this county will elect him
county clerk, they will then find in that
Office man who can and will accom-
modate them, even though their re
quests are apparently trivial. Vote fol
Allen.
For county surveyor everybody will
of course, vote for ID. J. Aber. He i.
the only one of the three candidate:
who knows anything about surveying
r He is careful workman, an educated
] civil engineer, and the most competen
E man in the county for the position h,
seeks. He really has no opposition
but we could not resist this last chanc,
to say one more good word for a worth,
$ and competent man.
For coroner DIR. G. III. DOwntain, O
Kiowa, is a candidate. He is the sou
i of honor, friend to every honest an,
upright man, fully competent TO dis
j. charge any public duty, and there is n
n reason why any one should vote agains
= him.
For commissioner from the first dis
I trict Capt. y. l.. Freeman is a head
and-shoulders above all opponents. :
man with vast business experience
never before a candidate for popula
I favor at all times conservative in hi
I own business affairs; q man who bear
e malice toward none, but who has char
II ity for all Who is largely interested a
d a taxpayer of the county who Is
3 leader in every enterprise that has fC
e its object the lettering of the conditio
n of his felloW-men: who Is mn with III